What is the greatest commandment? Today’s Gospel (Mark 12:28-34) follows on from what we have heard the last couple of days and concludes a theme of ‘confrontation’ between the Jewish authorities and Jesus. This time, though, it is more of a questioning by one of the scribes who asks Jesus, ‘Which is the first of all the [...]
Feast of St Charles Lwanga & Companions Today, while we reflect on the Gospel of Mark (12:18-27), Tony asks us also to remember St Charles Lwanga and his twenty-one young companions (the first martyrs in Uganda), who were killed for their faith in 1886. In this Gospel passage, we hear of a [...]
Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar Today, Tony reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 13-17), which documents a confrontation between Jesus and the Jewish leadership of the time. This one of several such confrontations mentioned in Mark’s Gospel, of which Tony says a better understanding can be gained by looking [...]
Feast of Mary Mother of the Church: ‘Here is your mother’ The celebration of Mary Mother of the Church falls perfectly in line with our Gospel reading from last week where Fr Paul mentions the four appearances of the ‘beloved disciple’ in John’s Gospel. In this Gospel (John 19: 25-27) the [...]
Who is the beloved disciple? Today is the last of our Easter season – it is a time of change – from next week we are back in Ordinary Time in the Church’s liturgical calendar. If we were in the church, we would see our colours change from white/gold to green. The [...]
Jesus tells Peter ‘Feed my sheep’ Over the next couple of days, with our Easter season coming to an end and Pentecost just around the corner, Fr Paul will read from the end of John’s Gospel. In today’s reading (John 21:15-19) we hear Simon Peter given a command summed up in Jesus’ [...]
Jesus prays for unity to be a sign of God’s love Today in John (17: 20-26), Fr Paul says we hear the third and final part of Jesus’ prayer for the church, after which Jesus and the disciples leave the Mount of Olives and head back to Jerusalem. Jesus having prayed to [...]
Jesus prays for his church In the Gospel (John 17: 11-19) today, Fr Paul says we need to keep in mind that Jesus is at the last supper with his disciples, just prior to his betrayal. The thing Jesus is doing at this time is praying for his church. Jesus raises his [...]
Feast of Philip Neri Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel (John 17: 1-11) and shares a little bit about the life of priest, Philip Neri (1515-1595) who was born in Florence, Italy. At the age of 18, Philip moved to Rome where he worked as a tutor and did charitable work in the [...]
Feast of Mary Help of Christians Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19;25-27) for the Feast of Mary Help of Christians. Our Lady Help of Christians has always had a special place in the heart of Australian Christians with many turning instinctively to Mary for help in the early years [...]